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词汇 Canadian
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Definition of Canadian in English:

Canadian

adjective kəˈneɪdɪənkəˈneɪdiən
  • Relating to or characteristic of Canada or its inhabitants.

    the Canadian government's economic policies
    a culture that is distinctly Canadian
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Enough of this backbiting; let's take a lungful of that clean Canadian air.
    • They will continue to send pork to Canadian superstore shelves.
    • A gravel road leads about a mile north to the Canadian border.
    • If they were to initiate a genuine dialogue on what constitutes Canadian foreign policy, we believe that non-traditional departments should be brought into the discussion.
    • Plaskett's music's distinctively Canadian and for those who know him, he's as synonymous with our country as The Hip are.
    • The specter of America looms large in Canadian life.
    • He carved out a recognizable new voice for Canadian poetry.
    • This has created a kind of mosaic-like quality in Canadian ethnic relations in which being Canadian does not necessarily take precedence over being Japanese or Italian or Somalian or Pakistani.
    • The beaver, which appears often on Canadian souvenirs, might seem to be an odd animal to have as a national symbol.
    • This album is purely Canadian in all the best ways.
noun kəˈneɪdɪənkəˈneɪdiən
  • A native or inhabitant of Canada.

    a 27-year-old Canadian from Ontario
    more than four million Canadians play hockey
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I suppose it's possible they mistook me for a Canadian.
    • "Sounds awful," said one Canadian before dinner, but by the end of the meal he had changed his mind.
    • Younger, better educated and Canadians with higher incomes are the drivers of these changes.
    • That most Canadians do not follow hockey in any serious way does not diminish its role as a key cultural symbol.
    • As a team we have a nice mix - there's another Swede, a Russian and a Canadian.
    • A new deal for cities is great news for city-dwellers - eighty percent of Canadians.
    • As of 1996, the proportion of Canadians reporting English as their mother tongue was just under 60 percent while those reporting French as their mother tongue was slightly less than 24 percent.
    • Some Canadians are rather touchy about criticism from Americans regarding freedom of speech in Canada.
    • All our municipalities need new options so that, from their homes, Canadians everywhere can be citizens of the world.

Derivatives

  • Canadianness

  • noun
    • Does Canadianness reside in skin, in speech, or in cultural customs?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Skating on an outdoor rink is the most natural expression of Canadianness.
      • They appeared to embody the individual artistic expression of the Canadian artist whose essential Canadianness was understood in relationship to wilderness landscape.
      • Is it similarly Anne's "Canadianness," the thing that has led to her functioning as a national icon, that explains her cultural value outside Canada?
      • Are Canadian writers defined by their Canadianness?

Rhymes

Acadian, Akkadian, Arcadian, Barbadian, circadian, Grenadian, Hadean, Orcadian, Palladian, radian, steradian

Definition of Canadian in US English:

Canadian

adjectivekəˈneɪdiənkəˈnādēən
  • Relating to or characteristic of Canada or its inhabitants.

    the Canadian government's economic policies
    a culture that is distinctly Canadian
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This has created a kind of mosaic-like quality in Canadian ethnic relations in which being Canadian does not necessarily take precedence over being Japanese or Italian or Somalian or Pakistani.
    • Plaskett's music's distinctively Canadian and for those who know him, he's as synonymous with our country as The Hip are.
    • A gravel road leads about a mile north to the Canadian border.
    • The beaver, which appears often on Canadian souvenirs, might seem to be an odd animal to have as a national symbol.
    • He carved out a recognizable new voice for Canadian poetry.
    • Enough of this backbiting; let's take a lungful of that clean Canadian air.
    • This album is purely Canadian in all the best ways.
    • If they were to initiate a genuine dialogue on what constitutes Canadian foreign policy, we believe that non-traditional departments should be brought into the discussion.
    • The specter of America looms large in Canadian life.
    • They will continue to send pork to Canadian superstore shelves.
nounkəˈneɪdiənkəˈnādēən
  • A native or inhabitant of Canada.

    a 27-year-old Canadian from Ontario
    more than four million Canadians play hockey
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a team we have a nice mix - there's another Swede, a Russian and a Canadian.
    • A new deal for cities is great news for city-dwellers - eighty percent of Canadians.
    • As of 1996, the proportion of Canadians reporting English as their mother tongue was just under 60 percent while those reporting French as their mother tongue was slightly less than 24 percent.
    • All our municipalities need new options so that, from their homes, Canadians everywhere can be citizens of the world.
    • "Sounds awful," said one Canadian before dinner, but by the end of the meal he had changed his mind.
    • I suppose it's possible they mistook me for a Canadian.
    • Younger, better educated and Canadians with higher incomes are the drivers of these changes.
    • Some Canadians are rather touchy about criticism from Americans regarding freedom of speech in Canada.
    • That most Canadians do not follow hockey in any serious way does not diminish its role as a key cultural symbol.
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